Across the two features she’s made to date, Payal Kapadia has emerged as a luminous new voice in Indian cinema, exploring the personal as political through her shimmering, empathetic portraits of working-class Mumbai. Her first feature, “A Night of Knowing Nothing,” opened with unsent love letters, from a film student to her estranged lover, discovered … Read more
Michael Strahan has addressed the controversy he faced for not placing his hand over his chest during the National Anthem during the Fox NFL Sunday Veterans Day broadcast. Taking to Instagram, he explained whether the incident was a form of protest or not. He also touched on why he threw a reporter’s phone in a … Read more
It’s a tough time to be a fan of the political world in that it’s, well, basically on fire. And so it’s an interesting choice to drop the 6-episode second season of Netflix’s Emmy-nominated “The Diplomat” into the vitriolic stew that passes for international politics in late 2024. Someone must have decided that a season … Read more
Paramount has released the first official trailer for The Agency, previewing the upcoming spy thriller starring Michael Fassbender that premieres next month. What happens in The Agency trailer? The trailer highlights Fassbender’s job as a covert CIA agent ordered to go undercover when he runs into the love of his life that he left behind. … Read more
Netflix has revealed The Diplomat Season 2 clip from the long-awaited next installment of the acclaimed political drama, starring Keri Russell as the U.S. ambassodor to the UK. The series is scheduled to make its return on October 31, 2024. “A deadly explosion in the heart of London shatters US Ambassador Kate Wyler’s world. Struggling … Read more
Ebert’s call to action urges leaders from both political parties to commit to civil discourse not only through the November election but as an ongoing commitment to effective governance. She specifically calls on members of Congress and all candidates seeking elected office to adopt and practice the FECK Principles. To emphasize her point, Ebert will … Read more
The original screenwriter of Angelina Jolie’s Cleopatra movie says it was a political thriller full of assassinations and sex. Hollywood has been trying to get another Cleopatra movie off the ground for quite some time, and one of those iterations was set to star Angelina Jolie as the iconic Egyptian Queen. Brian Helgeland was the … Read more
The latest biographical film, Main Atal Hoon, starring the versatile actor Pankaj Tripathi, has hit the theaters, generating considerable buzz. Main Atal Hoon is directed by the acclaimed Ravi Jadhav. This film is not just a movie but a journey through the life of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the former Prime Minister of India. He is … Read more
Set to hit theaters sometime in 2024, the upcoming political slasher film Founders Day has received an official “R” rating from the Motion Picture Association (via Bloody Disgusting) due to its “strong bloody violence, language, and some sexual references.” The forthcoming feature hails from Dark Sky Films and is directed and written by Erik Bloomquist … Read more
The film takes an “I am Spartacus” approach to the text, casting an assortment of trans and nonbinary performers as a gallery of incarnations of Orlando or as people whose give their first name as Orlando (including Oscar S Miller and Janis Sahraoui), plus one who plays the actual Wolff character. Then it puts them in dramatic or comedic sketches (and … Read more